Raising a Strong Credit Culture
By. Ancin Cooley A few weeks ago, my son got his first tricycle. After pedaling along the sidewalk, we stopped to learn about how to cross the street. He is two years old and not [...]
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Leaders: The Customer Isn’t Always Right
By. Matt Monge Buck up and stand up for your teammates. That was the gist of one of the points in this post and a couple comments below it. As leaders, we can’t be [...]
Why Expense-Tracking Often Ends in Failure
BY SIMON ZHEN When it comes to financial duties such as making Roth IRA contributions or transferring money into a savings account, I gladly carry them out with Nike’s “Just Do It” slogan in [...]
3 Reasons Why Credit Unions Should Fear Sequester
By Henry Meier With Congress in recess this week and both sides showing an unwillingness to compromise, it appears increasingly likely that March 1 will arrive without Congress averting a projected $85 billion in automatic [...]
The Glorification of Busy
By Mark Dudley “Busy” has become our best excuse. We all have a lot going on. Between work, family, social life, and everything else, the hours in the day just fly by. I Googled the [...]
A Once in a Lifetime Opportunity
By. Dan Green, EVP, Marketing, Mortgage Cadence The housing market is in recovery; most economists and many of us involved in the industry agree. Low rates are, perhaps, the biggest contributing factor. And they are [...]
Are Hispanic Members a Part of Your Online and Mobile Strategies?
by Miriam De Dios, CEO, Coopera If they aren’t, they should be. Study after study indicates Hispanic consumers make up one of the most tech-savvy demographics in the U.S. This community’s comfort [...]
CUNA Council Conference Attendees Lend a Local Hand
By Mia Perez, CUNA Marketing & Business Development Council The philosophy “people helping people” that credit unions embody shone through as many credit union marketing and business development professionals stepped out of the office [...]
The New Way to Pay: Prepare Your Institution for the Digital Wallet Boom
By Jason O’Brien Imagine: You’re at a store and ready to pay when you realize that you’ve forgotten your wallet. Embarrassed and frustrated, you tell the cashier to cancel your transaction and [...]
20 Things Leaders Should Say More
By. Matt Monge It’s not always some big, flowery, masterfully delivered declaration that teams need to hear from their leaders. Often it’s the little things–small phrases or statements that can change the [...]
Seeing Your Brand in 3D
By Mark Arnold There are lots of ways we look at our brands. We look at our brands in the mirror. We look at our brands from the outside. We look at our brands from [...]
Goal for 2013: Increase Credit Union Mortgage Volumes
By Mike Corn Good news arrived in a recent article in the Credit Union Timesin which statistics from Callahan & Associates show that the credit union industry achieved its strongest loan performance ever in 2012. [...]
Top Savings Tips for Every Life Stage
by John The last week in February will mark the 7th annual America Saves Week, a cooperative effort among financial institutions, non-profits, bloggers and other groups to inform Americans about their personal finances and help [...]
Credit Cards: The New Sweatpants With Elastic Bottoms
By Ron Shevlin I have six pairs of sweatpants in my closet. Five of them have elastic at the bottom of the legs. I’m not allowed to wear any of those five pairs. My [...]
Put Your Credit Union to the Ultimate Test
By. Walt Laskos Today I had another experience that proved to me once again why I love credit unions as much as I do. I called First Entertainment Credit Union in Burbank to address an [...]